I’m watching the red carpet arrivals for the Che premiere right now via the Festivals closed circuit TV station. “Steven Soderbergh looks somewhat worried,” says the English translator. No shit. The director, wife Jules Asner and Che star Benicio Del Toro not only looked like they were walking into a hanging, but they couldn’t contain their apprehension when asked totally innocuous questions by the official red carpet interviewer. Examples:
Red Carpet Guy: “Steven, why did you want to make a movie about Che?”
Soderbergh: “I didn’t want to do it. They made me do it.”
Red Carpet Guy: “How did you become Che?”
Benicio Del Toro: “I don’t think I did it. But we tried.”
Soderbergh: [looking around] “It’ll be an interesting evening, one way or an other.”
Red Carpet Guy: “Are you nervous?”
Soderbergh: “Yeah!”
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